• SUADA
n. persuasiveness; persuasive eloquence …1592 obs.
• SUADE
vb. to persuade …1531 now rare or Eng. dial.
• SUADIBLE
adj. that may be easily persuaded …1382 obs. rare
• SUANT
adj. 1. following, ensuing …1422 obs.
adj. 2. working or proceeding regularly, evenly, smoothly, or easily; even, smooth, regular …1547 now Eng. dial.
• SUASIBLE
adj. capable of being persuaded; that is easily persuaded …1582 rare
• SUASION
n. the act or fact of exhorting or urging; persuasion …c1374
• SUASIVE
adj. having or exercising the power of persuading or urging …1601
n. a persuasive speech, motive or influence …1670
• SUASORIAN
adj. tending to persuade; persuasive …1646 obs. rare
• SUASORINESS
adj. aptness to persuade …1727 rare
• SUASORY
adj. 1. tending to persuade; persuasive …1576 rare
adj. 2. a persuasive speech, motive or influence …1625 obs.
• SUAVEOLENCE
n. fragrance …1657 obs.
• SUAVEOLENT
adj. sweet-smelling; sweet-scented …1657 rare
• SUAVIATE
vb. to kiss …1643 obs. rare
• SUAVIATION
n. a kissing …1656 obs. rare
• SUAVIFY
vb. to make affable …1847 rare
• SUAVILOQUENCE
n. pleasing or agreeable speech or manner of speaking …a1649 rare
• SUAVILOQUENT
adj. of sweet speech …1656 rare
• SUAVILOQUIOUS
adj. of sweet speech …Bk1919 rare
• SUAVILOQUY
n. pleasing or agreeable speech; a sweet or pleasant manner of speaking …1658 rare
• SUAVIOUS
adj. pleasing, agreeable …1669 obs. rare
• SUAVITUDE
n. sweetness; gentleness …1512 obs. rare
• SUB
n. 1. an advance payment of wages or salary …1866 Brit. sl.
n. 2. a bed urinal …Amer. World War I sl.
vb. to pay someone a ‘sub’ …1874 Brit. sl.
• SUBACT
adj. subdued, reduced; brought under control or discipline …1432-50 obs.
vb. 1. to work up, as in cultivating the ground, kneading, the process or digestion, or the like …1614 obs.
vb. 2. to subdue; to bring into subjection …1645 obs.
• SUBACTION
n. 1. the act of working up, reducing, or kneading …1626 obs.
n. 2. subjection, subdual …1656 obs.
• SUBAGITATE
vb. to have sexual intercourse …1637 obs.
• SUBAGITATION
n. carnal knowledge …1658 obs. rare
• SUBAGITATORY
adj. pert. to sexual intercourse …a1693 obs.
• SUBAID
vb. to give secret aid to …1597 obs. rare
• SUBALTERN
adj. 1. of inferior status, quality, or importance; of a person: subordinate, inferior …1581 rare
adj. 2. succeeding in turn …1604 obs. rare
n. a person of inferior rank or status; a subordinate …1605
vb. to subordinate …c1400 obs. rare
• SUBALTERNAL
adj. 1. subordinate, inferior …c1400 obs.
adj. 2. succeeding in turn, alternating …1588 obs.
n. a subordinate …1673 obs.
• SUBALTERNATE
adj. 1. subordinate, inferior …1432-50 obs.
adj. 2. successive, succeeding by turns …1706 obs.
• SUBALTERNATING
adj. succeeding by turns …1855
• SUBALTERNATION
n. 1. subordination …1597 obs.
n. 2. succession by turn …1616 obs.
• SUBALTERNITY
n. subordinate position …1620
• SUBALTERNIZE
vb. to subordinate …1905 rare
• SUBAQUANEOUS
adj. pert. to plants growing under water …1656 obs. rare
• SUBAQUEAN
adj. existing, formed, or constructed under water; taking place under water …1782 rare
• SUBAQUEOUS
adj. 1. existing, formed, or constructed under water; taking place under water …1677
adj. 2. below the sea-level …1724 nonce use
• SUBARBOREAL
adj. lying under a forest of trees …1886
• SUBASTRAL
adj. situated beneath the stars, mundane, terrestrial …1752
• SUBAUDITION
n. a hearing a little …1658 obs. rare
• SUB-BEAU
n. a would-be dandy …Bk1904 sl.
• SUBBOSCO
n. a jocular word for the hair that grows upon the lower part of the face …1579 obs.
• SUBCERNICLE
n. ? a small sieve …1657 obs. rare
• SUBCHARGE
n. a second dish or course …c1480 obs.
• SUBCINERITIOUS
adj. 1. baked under ashes …1656 obs. rare
adj. 2. somewhat ash-coloured, greyish …1657 obs.
• SUBCITRINE
adj. of a somewhat yellow or greenish-yellow colour …c1530 obs.
• SUB-DEB
n. a girl who will soon come out as a debutante; hence, broadly, a girl in her mid-teens …1917 sl., chiefly US
• SUBDIAL
adj. being in the open air, or under the open sky …1647 obs. rare
• SUBDISTINCTION
n. a comma or semicolon …1636 obs.
• SUBDITITIOUS
adj. 1. surreptitiously or fraudulently substituted; suppositious …1656 obs. rare
adj. 2. placed underneath …1657 obs. rare
• SUBDIVIDUAL
adj. involving subdivision …1716 obs.
• SUBDIVISIONATE
vb. to subdivide …1578 nonce word obs.
• SUBDOLOUS
adj. 1588 – somewhat crafty, sly, cunning, underhand, artful, deceitful
• SUBDUCE
vb. 1626 – to take away, to withdraw → obs.
• SUBDUCT
vb. 1. 1652 – to take away from its place or position, to withdraw from use, consideration, influence etc.
vb. 2. 1758 – to take away or remove surreptitiously or fraudulently
vb. 3. 1837 – to draw up, to lift
• SUBDUCTION
n. 1. 1579 – subtraction, deduction
n. 2. 1620 – withdrawal, removal .
• SUBETH
n. 1398 – unhealthy or morbid sleep → obs.
• SUBFERULARY
adj. 1852 – under school discipline
• SUBFLUVIAL
adj. 1863 – extending under a river
• SUBFUSC
adj. 1763 – of dusky, dull, or sombre hue
• SUBFUSCOUS
adj. 1760 – of dusky, dull, or sombre hue
• SUBFUSK
adj. 1763 – of dusky, dull, or sombre hue
• SUB-GUN
n. 1942 – a sub-machine gun → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• SUBHASTATION
n. 1600 – a public sale by auction → obs. exc. hist.
• SUBHUMERATE
vb. 1628 – to take up on the shoulders; to shoulder → obs.
• SUBIGATE
vb. 1657 – to knead or work up → obs.
• SUBINDICATE
vb. 1659 – to indicate indirectly; to hint → obs.
• SUBINDICATION
n. 1655 – a slight inclination or token → obs.
• SUBINDICATIVE
adj. 1822 – indirectly indicative or suggestive → obs.
• SUBINDUCE
vb. 1. 1623 – to induce by indirect or underhand means → obs.
vb. 2. 1640 – to insinuate, to suggest indirectly → obs.
vb. 3. 1855 – to bring about a thing as a result of or in succession to another → obs.
• SUBINGRESSION
n. 1653 – subtle or unobserved entrance → obs.
• SUBINTELLECT
vb. 1811 – to supply in thought; to understand
• SUBINTELLECTION
n. 1624 – the act of supplying in thought
• SUBINTELLIGENCE
n. an implication …1630
• SUBINTELLIGENTIAL
adj. implying something beyond what is expressed …1887
• SUBINTRODUCE
vb. 1664 – to introduce in a secret or subtle manner
• SUBINTRODUCT
vb. 1641 – to introduce in a secret or subtle manner → obs.
• SUBINTRODUCTION
n. 1620 – surreptitious introduction → obs.
• SUBITANE
adj. 1633 – sudden; rash → obs.
• SUBITANEOUS
adj. 1651 – sudden, hasty, unexpected; hastily produced or constructed
• SUBITANEOUSNESS
n. 1727 – suddenness → obs.
• SUBITANY
adj. 1603 – sudden, hasty, unexpected; hastily produced or constructed → obs.
• SUBITARY
adj. suddenly or hastily done, made, etc. …1600 obs. rare
• SUBITE
adj. sudden, hasty …1483 obs.
• SUBITOUS
adj. sudden …1657 obs.
• SUBJECTLY
adj. obedient, submissive …a1603 obs. rare
• SUBJUGABLE
adj. that may be subdued or brought under cultivation …1886 rare
• SUBLABE
n. the under lip …1577 obs. rare
• SUBLATE
adj. removed …1694 obs. rare
vb. to remove; to take away …a1548 obs.
• SUBLATED
adj. exalted, excited …1647 obs.
• SUBLATION
n. 1. the act of taking away; removal …1626
n. 2. a lifting up; elevation …1653 obs.
• SUBLEVAMINOUS
adj. supporting, sustaining …1661 obs.
• SUBLEVATE
adj. raised, exalted …1523 obs.
vb. to raise, to lift up, to elevate …1597 obs.
• SUBLEVATION
n. 1. the act of raising or lifting; elevation; also, a particular point of elevation or height …1556 obs.
n. 2. a rising, a revolt …1613-18 obs.
• SUBLEVE
vb. to succour …1542 obs. rare
• SUBLIGATE
vb. to bind or tie underneath …1656 obs.
• SUBLIGATION
n. a binding or tying underneath …1658 obs.
• SUBLIMARY
adj. elevated, excited …a1652 obs. rare
• SUBLIMATE
adj. raised, elevated, exalted …1460 obs.
vb. 1. to raise to a high place, dignity, or honour …c1566 obs.
vb. 2. to exalt or elevate to a high or higher state …1599
• SUBLIMATED
adj. 1. of persons and immaterial things: exalted, elevated; raised to a high degree of purity or excellence; lofty, sublime …1599
adj. 2. puffed up, haughty …1634 obs.
• SUBLIMATION
n. 1. elevation to a high rank …c1440 obs.
n. 2. an elated or ecstatic state of mind …1816
• SUBLIME
adj. 1. exalted in feeling, elated …1667 obs.
adj. 2. of rank, status: very high, exalted …1702 arch.
• SUBLIMED
adj. elevated, exalted …1600 obs.
• SUBLIME RASCAL
n. a lawyer …Bk1904 sl.
• SUBLIMITY
n. 1. high or lofty position; height …1563 obs.
n. 2. high dignity of office, vocation, etc. …1594 obs.
n. 3. a highly placed person …1610 obs.
n. 4. a high or dignified status …1643 obs.
n. 5. a supreme or extreme phrase …1651 obs.
• SUBLUNARY
adj. 1. subject to the moon’s influence …1613
adj. 2. inferior, subordinate to …1616 obs.
• SUBMANIA
n. Bk1991 – a mild mania; hypomania
• SUBMARINE
n. 1. a bed urinal …World War I Amer. sl.
n. 2. a bedpan; a urinal …World War I Amer. sl.
n. 3. a duck …World War I Amer. sl.
• SUBMARINE RACES
n. lover’s lane …1960s Amer. sl.
• SUBMARINE SHARK
n. a salmon …World War I Amer. sl.
• SUBMERGE
vb. to ride on a subway train …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SUBMINISTRANT
adj. subordinate …a1626 obs. rare
• SUBMINISTRATE
vb. to supply, to furnish …1665 obs.
• SUBMINISTRATION
n. ministering support; provision, supply …1582 obs.
• SUBMINISTRATOR
n. one who provides or supplies …1611 obs.
• SUBMISS
adj. 1. submissive to …1570 obs. exc. arch.
adj. 2. of the voice: low, uttered in an undertone, subdued …1604 obs.
• SUBMONISH
vb. to reprove gently …1621 obs. rare.
• SUBMONITION
n. a gentle admonition, suggestion, or reproving …1562 obs.
• SUBMONTANE
adj. 1. passing under or existing below mountains …1819
adj. 2. lying about the foot of mountains …1830
• SUBMONTANEOUS
adj. passing under or existing below mountains …1682 obs.
• SUBMOVE
vb. to remove …1542 obs. rare
• SUBMUNDANE
adj. existing beneath the world …1832
• SUBNECT
vb. 1. to subjoin …c1583 obs.
vb. 2. to fasten underneath …1710 obs. rare
• SUBNEX
vb. to subjoin …1603 obs.
• SUBNIVEAL
adj. existing or carried on under the snow …1885
• SUBNIVEAN
adj. existing or carried on under the snow …1845
• SUBNUBILAR
adj. situated beneath the clouds …1877
• SUBOCEANIC
adj. beneath the ocean …1858
• SUBODORATE
vb. to smell or scent out …1606 rare
• SUBORDAIN
vb. 1. to appoint in place of another …1600 obs.
vb. 2. to appoint to a subordinate position …1602 obs.
vb. 3. to make subordinate …a1617 obs.
• SUBORDINANCE
n. subordination …1642 obs.
• SUBORDINANCY
n. subordination …1709 obs.
• SUBORDINANT
adj. subordinate …1697 obs.
• SUBORDINARY
adj. subordinate …1788 obs. rare
• SUBORDINATENESS
n. subordination …1634 rare
• SUBORDINATIVE
adj. tending to subordinate, involving subordination …1642 rare
• SUBPEDANEOUS
adj. belonging to anything under foot …1656
• SUBPEDITAL
n. a shoe …1526
• SUBPEDITATE
vb. to subdue …1538
• SUBPOUELLE
vb. to support …a1400 obs.
• SUBPRESS
vb. to suppress …1536 obs.
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